Eric Weiner Quotes
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
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All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.
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In early Islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. The prophet was a messenger. And one of the things that's happened in Islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition.
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Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.
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My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
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I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
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My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
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So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.
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The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me.
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I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.
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What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.
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It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man who drops a rose petal down the Grand Canyon of Arizona and listens for the echo.
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Our bodies will be recycled one way or another, but what about our ideas and minds and characters? Primordial soup? The bourne from which no traveller returns? Interesting and exciting.
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I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.
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It has been a marvellous experience and a great gift collaborating with Madonna. Now that I have had the chance to see her working, I truly understand why she is so grand! I believe she is a true artist, and I am crazy about her.
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'Malays abhor the state of celibacy. To remain unmarried was and is considered shameful. Everyone must be married at some time or other. The result
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That's really important in a producer - a producer that can step up and play a keyboard, play a bass, play a guitar, and help you with things instead of just saying, 'I think this could be better.'
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A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.
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It's not what we believe that makes us happy but the act of believing. In anything.
